St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-12-29
NORTH CHURCH.


ing Rev. c. NJ. Lamson gave Christ
mas sermon from the text-ethe king
dom of God as little child"-the sub
ject being the simplicity of the gospel
story of the birth of Christ. The mu-
sic of the morning service was of
high order and very we'll rendered.
Following is the
MORNING SERVICE
Organ prelude. Adagio. L. Kozclueh
Mr.. John Hazen.
There were Shepherds" Buck
Mrs j. 81. Humphrey, quartet and chorus.
30 Holy Night" Adam
Mr.. L. a Silsby
Benedctus. Quartet. Buck
Mr. g. Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs Hazen, Mr.. Silsby.
Offertory solo. There came little child"
Matthews
Mrs. P. F. Hazen.
Postlude. Hallelujah Chorus Handel
Mr. John Hazen
EVENING SERVICE.
Mr.. John Hazen.
Chorus. .All the world is waiting" Rendano
Chorus. brightest and Best" Buck
Postlude. Damascus Triumphai March" Costa
Mr. Hazen.
In the evening the Sunday school
went through a Christmas exercise be-
fore very full house. The program
included Christmas service entitled
"The Old Sweet Story" which was
composed of singing, recitations of
scripture, ETC., after which the pastor
read an original Christmas story of the
"FOur Children of Shiraz," or the won
derful story of the new and beautiful
king. This was an ingenious and ex-
ceedingly interesting recital of what
the wise men are supposed to have
told to some children after they had
returned from following the star in
the East and paying homage to the
child Jesus. After this came the dis
tribution of books by ex-Gov. Fair
banks to those children in the juvenile
department who had been at every
morning service during the year and
kept their text books. This year there
were 75'such children-some. 20 more
than a year ago. These books were
given out by Mr.. Fairbanks in person,
who read the name, and the scholar at
once came forward and received the
gift, standing upon the platform until
all had been given out. These books
are large and elegant works of travel,
history, ETC., and include Thomas
KnOx's famous series, "Boy Travel
lers" in Japan, China, Egypt, the Holy
land, Russian empire, on the Congo,
etc. "The Blue Jackets of '61," Gilt
tie Folks in Feathers and Furs," "The
Drum Beat of the Nation" "Zig-Zag
Journeys in India" "Vassar Girls"
series, "Robinson Crusoe," "Boys of
1872" and many others. 1t was a
pleasant sight to see the little ones re-
ceive their gifts. Gov. Fairbanks re-
news his offer for the year 1888. Su-
perintendent Franklin Fairbanks then
gave few words of congratulation and
good wishes, box of candy and an
orange was given each member of the
juvenile department, and after all had
made an offering in money the exer-
cises closed.
One of the pleasant features of the
occasion, and one not down on the
program, was an addenda to Willard
Nelson's recitation in which he spoke
for the whole school some choice words
of appreciation to the superintendent.
The offerings of the evening were
S26,1I in the birthday box and an
even $50 open contribution. A COM
mittee chosen for the purpose awarded
this offering as follows: $40 to the
woman's home missionary society, SIS
to the mission helpers, $5 to the
mission band, $40 to the Amer
lean home missionary society, and
$46.lI for Rev. F. F. Montgomery
to be distributed to the sufferers in
Turkey.
FREE BAPTIST.
The gift-giving gathering at the
Free Baptist church came on Saturday
evening and was something of nov
city. All the gifts were put in a dry
pond and little miss with rod, line
and hook fshed them out and did hel
work SO skillfully that all the children
got something. There was singing
and literary exercises and a good time
generally.
Rev. Mr.. Dawson preached a Christ
mas sermon Sunday morning from
Luke 2: Is, "Let us go even now untt
Bethlehem, and see this thing which i,
come to pass" etc. The thought Of
the sermon was that the babe Chris
coming as he did was necessary t.
complete the plan of salvation. Great
men had lived before Him but only fol
local sections, Lincoln for America and
other heroes for their own countries
but Christ came for all the world. The
quartette, Mrs. Ide, Mrs. Gaskill
Messrs. Noyes and Perry, sang &
Christmas anthem at the opening o
the service, "Blessed be the Son of Da
vid," and the services altogether
breathed the spirit of the Christina
season. In the evening an early ser
vice was held and the members of the
congregation attended the services il
progress at other churches.
| UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.
There was a Christmas Sunday
school concert at the Universalis
church Sunday evening that was en-
joyed by an audience that filed the
house. The decorations were profust
about the platform and the choir was
assisted by number of young misses
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